Bonus Rounds and Payouts
The Puffin' Up feature is activated by the Puffer Fish symbol, which is also wild. The objective is to get the Puffer Fish symbol to land in the middle of reel 3. If you succeed, it will inflate and then deflate. During its deflation phase, it flies and hovers around the reels, and in a way, it can be thought of as dropping extra jokers onto the reels. A total of 6. And now, any winning combinations that may have formed before or after his 6 Wilds were on the reels - imagine him with good timing and good aim - will be counted towards your total winnings from the game, like a kind of Wile E. Coyote in reverse.
To trigger the Cash Crab Pick Bonus, 3 or more Hermit Crab Scatter Symbols must appear on the reels after a spin. If the number of visible crab symbols is 3, you get one pick from the group of crabs you have spun once. If the number of visible crab symbols is 4, you get 2 picks. If 5 crab symbols are visible when the reels stop spinning, this means you get to choose from 5 available symbols - increasing your potential payout as each of the picks can multiply your bet amount by different factors (the highest being 100x).
Get 3 Anchor Bonus Symbols on reels 1, 3, and 5 to trigger Albert's Underwater Bonus Round, the most exciting bonus feature in this game. You must plot a course for Albert to follow on his underwater adventure. Along the way, he can grab certain symbols that count towards Free Spins at the end of the game. The symbols are
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Puffer Fish: Extra Wild
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Starfish: Multiplier
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Bubbles: Air for Albert
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+5 Free Spins: Extra Free Spins to add to the round
The free spins begin immediately after the underwater bonus. However, you cannot retrigger the Underwater Bonus Round from within it. If you want to win more Free Spins, you need to land the Anchor on reels 1, 3, and 5 again to win an additional 8 Free Spins. You also cannot activate the Puffin' Up feature from within this round.
Additional Game Features
The Wacky Waters Wild is the Puffer Fish. As mentioned, its bonus feature is quite sensational, but it is also a good symbol to land in regular play, as it substitutes for all Wacky Waters symbols except the Scatter and Bonus. If you manage to get five Wacky Waters symbols in a row, you'll be happy to know that they pay a whopping 3000x!
Symbols
Jay, Que, Ka, Ay, Shrimpy, Seahorse, Clown Fish, Angel Fish, Star Fish, Octopus, Great White Shark.
Wilds
The Puffer Fish is the wild symbol. It substitutes for all other symbols in Wacky Waters except the Bonus and Scatter symbols. It also triggers the Puffin' Up feature.
Scatter
The Hermit Crab is the scatter symbol. This symbol activates the Cash Crab feature.
Free Spins
The bonus symbol is the anchor marked 'Bonus'. This symbol activates Albert's Underwater Bonus.
Summary
It's hard for a water-themed slot to stand out when the online casino industry is saturated with underwater-themed slots. However, we believe that Wacky Waters does just that, not only with its quirky premise, but also with its high-quality graphics and an impressive array of bonus features.
The lovable and likeable, quirky, fishy characters deserve attention. And most of them pay off nicely.